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A list of research articles recently published in the scientific literature.

Variations of Tropical Upper Tropospheric Clouds with Sea Surface Temperature and Implications for Radiative Effects, Su, H., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 31, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10211, doi:10.1029/2007JD009624)

A System for Operational Aerosol Optical Depth Data Assimilation Over Global Oceans, Zhang, J., J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, N. L. Baker, and E. J. Hyer, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 31, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10208, doi:10.1029/2007JD009065)

On the Roles of the Northeast Cold Surge, the Borneo Vortex, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and the Indian Ocean Dipole During the Extreme 2006/2007 Flood in Southern Peninsular Malaysia, Tangang, F. T., L. Juneng, E. Salimun, P. N. Vinayachandran, Y. K. Seng, C. J. C. Reason, S. K. Behera, and T. Yasunari, Geophysical Research Letters, May 31, 2008 (Vol. 35, L14S07, doi:10.1029/2008GL033429)

Did Unusually Sunny Skies Help Drive the Record Sea Ice Minimum of 2007?, Schweiger, A. J., J. Zhang, R. W. Lindsay, and M. Steele, Geophysical Research Letters, May 30, 2008 (Vol. 35, L10503, doi:10.1029/2008GL033463)

Role of Precipitation Uncertainty in the Estimation of Hydrologic Soil Properties Using Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture in a Semiarid Environment, Peters-Lidard, C. D., D. M. Mocko, M. Garcia, J. A. Santanello Jr., M. A. Tischler, M. S. Moran, and Y. Wu, Water Resources Research, May 30, 2008 (Vol. 44, W05S18, doi:10.1029/2007WR005884)

The Sensitivity of Polar Ozone Depletion to Proposed Geoengineering Schemes, Simone Tilmes, Rolf Müller, Ross Salawitch, Science, May 30, 2008 (Vol. 320, No. 5880, doi:10.1126/science.1153966)

Noncoincident Validation of Aura MLS Observations Using the Langley Research Center Lagrangian Chemistry and Transport Model, Considine, D. B., M. Natarajan, T. D. Fairlie, G. S. Lingenfelser, R. B. Pierce, L. Froidevaux, and A. Lambert, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 29, 2008 (Vol. 113, D16S33, doi:10.1029/2007JD008770)

An Assessment of the Tropical Humidity-Temperature Covariance Using AIRS, Gambacorta, A., C. Barnet, B. Soden, and L. Strow, Geophysical Research Letters, May 29, 2008 (Vol. 35, L10814, doi:10.1029/2008GL033805)

Assimilated Ozone from EOS-Aura: Evaluation of the Tropopause Region and Tropospheric Columns, Stajner, I., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 29, 2008 (Vol. 113, D16S32, doi:10.1029/2007JD008863)

Comparison of Tropospheric NO2 from In Situ Aircraft Measurements with Near-real-time and Standard Product Data from OMI, Bucsela, E. J., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 29, 2008 (Vol. 113, D16S31, doi:10.1029/2007JD008838)

Vertical Distribution of Mercury, CO, Ozone, and Aerosol Scattering Coefficient in the Pacific Northwest During the Spring 2006 INTEX-B Campaign, Swartzendruber, P. C., D. Chand, D. A. Jaffe, J. Smith, D. Reidmiller, L. Gratz, J. Keeler, S. Strode, L. Jaeglé, and R. Talbot, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 29, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10305, doi:10.1029/2007JD009579)

Using Observations of Deep Convective Systems to Constrain Atmospheric Column Absorption of Solar Radiation in the Optically Thick Limit, Dong, X., B. A. Wielicki, B. Xi, Y. Hu, G. G. Mace, S. Benson, F. Rose, S. Kato, T. Charlock, and P. Minnis, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 29, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10206, doi:10.1029/2007JD009769)

Updated Estimate of Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing from Satellite Observations and Comparison Against the Hadley Centre Climate Model, Bellouin, N., A. Jones, J. Haywood, and S. A. Christopher, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 29, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10205, doi:10.1029/2007JD009385)

Snowball Earth Termination by Destabilization of Equatorial Permafrost Methane Clathrate, Martin Kennedy, David Mrofka & Chris von der Borch, Nature, May 29, 2008 (Vol. 453, No. 7195, doi:10.1038/nature06961)

Evaluation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture Product Based on Ground Measurements Over Temperate and Semi-Arid Regions, Gruhier, C., P. de Rosnay, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, E. Ceschia, J.-C. Calvet, and P. Richaume, Geophysical Research Letters, May 28, 2008 (Vol. 35, L10405, doi:10.1029/2008GL033330)

Sensitivity of Multiangle Imaging to the Optical and Microphysical Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosols, Chen, W.-T., R. A. Kahn, D. Nelson, K. Yau, and J. H. Seinfeld, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 28, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10203, doi:10.1029/2007JD009414)

Evaluating the Effects of Historical Land Cover Change on Summertime Weather and Climate in New Jersey: Land Cover and Surface Energy Budget Changes, Wichansky, P. S., L. T. Steyaert, R. L. Walko, and C. P. Weaver, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 28, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10107, doi:10.1029/2007JD008514)

Source Spectra Information Derived from U.S. High-Resolution Radiosonde Data, Gong, J., M. A. Geller, and L. Wang, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 28, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10106, doi:10.1029/2007JD009252)

Modeling Biogeophysical Interactions in Nonsorted Circles in the Low Arctic, Nicolsky, D. J., V. E. Romanovsky, G. S. Tipenko, and D. A. Walker, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, May 28, 2008 (Vol. 113, G03S05, doi:10.1029/2007JG000565)

Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder OH and HO2 Measurements, Pickett, H. M., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 24, 2008 (Vol. 113, D16S30, doi:10.1029/2007JD008775)

SAPS Measurements Around the Magnetic Equator by CRRES, Nishimura, Y., J. Wygant, T. Ono, M. Iizima, A. Kumamoto, D. Brautigam, and R. Friedel, Geophysical Research Letters, May 24, 2008 (Vol. 35, L10104, doi:10.1029/2008GL033970)

Unprecedented Evidence for Deep Convection Hydrating the Tropical Stratosphere, Corti, T., et al., Geophysical Research Letters, May 24, 2008 (Vol. 35, L10810, doi:10.1029/2008GL033641)

Estimation of Asian Dust Aerosol Effect on Cloud Radiation Forcing Using Fu-Liou Radiative Model and CERES Measurements, Jing Su, Jianping Huang, Qiang Fu, P. Minnis, Jinming Ge, and Jianrong Bi, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 10)

Formation of Box Canyon, Idaho, by Megaflood: Implications for Seepage Erosion on Earth and Mars, Michael P. Lamb, William E. Dietrich, Sarah M. Aciego, Donald J. DePaolo, and Michael Manga, Science, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 320, No. 5879, doi:10.1126/science.1156630)

Three-dimensional Equatorial Spread F Modeling, Huba, J. D., G. Joyce, and J. Krall, Geophysical Research Letters, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 35, L10102, doi:10.1029/2008GL033509)

Influence of Sea Ice on Primary Production in the Southern Ocean: A Satellite Perspective, Smith, W. O., Jr., and J. C. Comiso, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, C05S90, doi:10.1029/2007JC004251)

Evaluation of AMSR-E Snow Depth Product Over East Antarctic Sea Ice Using In Situ Measurements and Aerial Photography, Worby, A. P., T. Markus, A. D. Steer, V. I. Lytle, and R. A. Massom, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, C05S94, doi:10.1029/2007JC004181)

Arctic Ocean Gravity Field Derived from ICESat and ERS-2 Altimetry: Tectonic Implications, McAdoo, D. C., S. L. Farrell, S. W. Laxon, H. J. Zwally, D. Yi, and A. L. Ridout, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, B05408, doi:10.1029/2007JB005217)

Comparing OMI-TOMS and OMI-DOAS Total Ozone Column Data, Kroon, M., J. P. Veefkind, M. Sneep, R. D. McPeters, P. K. Bhartia, and P. F. Levelt, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, D16S28, doi:10.1029/2007JD008798)

Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Ozone Profiles with Aircraft Observations During the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment–B, Richards, N. A. D., G. B. Osterman, E. V. Browell, J. W. Hair, M. Avery, and Q. Li, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, D16S29, doi:10.1029/2007JD008815)

Triple Oxygen Isotope Evidence for Elevated CO2 Levels After a Neoproterozoic Glaciation, Huiming Bao, J. R. Lyons & Chuanming Zhou, Nature, May 22, 2008 (Vol. 453, No. 1794, doi:10.1038/nature06959)

Seasonal Variability and Po River Plume Influence on Biochemical Properties Along Western Adriatic Coast, Marini, M., B. H. Jones, A. Campanelli, F. Grilli, and C. M. Lee, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, May 21, 2008 (Vol. 113, C05S90, doi:10.1029/2007JC004370)

Seasonal Variation of Cloud Activity and Atmospheric Profiles Over the Eastern Part of the Tibetan Plateau, Taniguchi, K., and T. Koike, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 21, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10104, doi:10.1029/2007JD009321)

New Approach to Determine Aerosol Optical Depth from Combined CALIPSO and CloudSat Ocean Surface Echoes, Josset, D., J. Pelon, A. Protat, and C. Flamant, Geophysical Research Letters, May 21, 2008 (Vol. 35, L10805, doi:10.1029/2008GL033442)

A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm for Upscaled Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer Modeling to Evaluate Satellite-based Soil Moisture Measurements, Das, N. N., B. P. Mohanty, and E. G. Njoku, Water Resources Research, May 20, 2008 (Vol. 44, W05416, doi:10.1029/2007WR006472)

A Remote Sensing Approach for Estimating Distributed Daily Net Carbon Dioxide Flux in Semiarid Grasslands, Holifield Collins, C. D., W. E. Emmerich, M. S. Moran, M. Hernandez, R. L. Scott, R. B. Bryant, D. M. King, and C. L. Verdugo, Water Resources Research, May 20, 2008 (Vol. 44, W05S17, doi:10.1029/2006WR005699)

Changes of Temperature and Bio-optical Properties in the South China Sea in Response to Typhoon Lingling 2001, Shang, S., L. Li, F. Sun, J. Wu, C. Hu, D. Chen, X. Ning, Y. Qiu, C. Zhang, and S. Shang, Geophysical Research Letters, May 20, 2008 (Vol. 35, L10602, doi:10.1029/2008GL033502)

Formaldehyde Over North America and the North Atlantic During the Summer 2004 INTEX Campaign: Methods, Observed Distributions, and Measurement-model Comparisons, Fried, A., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 20, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10302, doi:10.1029/2007JD009185)

Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY and OMI Tropospheric NO2 Columns: Observing the Diurnal Evolution of Chemistry and Emissions from Space, Boersma, K. F., D. J. Jacob, H. J. Eskes, R. W. Pinder, J. Wang, and R. J. van der A, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 20, 2008 (Vol. 113, D16S26, doi:10.1029/2007JD008816)

Comparison of Ozone Monitoring Instrument UV Aerosol Products with Aqua/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer Observations in 2006, Ahn, C., O. Torres, and P. K. Bhartia, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 20, 2008 (Vol. 113, D16S27, doi:10.1029/2007JD008832)

Identification and Characterization of Dendritic, Parallel, Pinnate, Rectangular, and Trellis Networks Based on Deviations from Planform Self-Similarity, Mejía, A. I., and J. D. Niemann, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, May 17, 2008 (Vol. 113, F02015, doi:10.1029/2007JF000781)

CO Measurements from the ACE-FTS Satellite Instrument: Data Analysis and Validation Using Ground-based, Airborne and Spaceborne Observations, C. Clerbaux and M. George et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Pysics, May 16, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 9)

Structure of the Subsolar Magnetopause Regions During Northward IMF: First Results from THEMIS, McFadden, J. P., T. D. Phan, C. W. Carlson, V. Angelopoulos, K.-H. Glassmeier, and U. Auster, Geophysical Research Letters, May 16, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S09, doi:10.1029/2008GL033630)

Comparison of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Nadir Water Vapor Retrievals with In Situ Measurements, Shephard, M. W., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 16, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S24, doi:10.1029/2007JD008822)

Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder HCl Measurements, Froidevaux, L., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 16, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S25, doi:10.1029/2007JD009025)

Synoptic Assessment of Water Resource Variability in Reservoirs by Remote Sensing: General Approach and Application to the Runoff Harvesting Systems of South India, Mialhe, F., Y. Gunnell, and C. Mering, Water Resources Research, May 16, 2008 (Vol. 44, W05411, doi:10.1029/2007WR006065)

Remote Sensing of Native and Invasive Species in Hawaiian Forests, Gregory P. Asner, Matthew O. Jones, Roberta E. Martin, David E. Knapp, R. Flint Hughes, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.043)

QuickBird and Hyperion Data Analysis of an Invasive Plant Species in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador: Implications for Control and Land Use Management, Stephen J. Walsh, Amy L. McCleary, Carlos F. Mena, Yang Shao, Julie P. Tuttle, Augusto González, Rachel Atkinson, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.06.028)

Invasive Species Detection in Hawaiian Rainforests Using Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy and LiDAR, Gregory P. Asner, David E. Knapp, Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin, Matthew O. Jones, Roberta E. Martin, Joseph Boardman, R. Flint Hughes, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.016)

Modeling Distribution of Amazonian Tree Species and Diversity Using Remote Sensing Measurements, Sassan Saatchi, Wolfgang Buermann, Hans ter Steege, Scott Mori, Thomas B. Smith, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.008)

Predicting Plant Diversity Based on Remote Sensing Products in the Semi-Arid Region of Inner Mongolia, Ranjeet John, Jiquan Chen, Nan Lu, Ke Guo, Cunzhu Liang, Yafen Wei, Asko Noormets, Keping Ma, Xingguo Han, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.013)

Habitat Selection by a Rare Forest Antelope: A Multi-scale Approach Combining Field Data and Imagery from Three Sensors, L.D. Estes, G.S. Okin, A.G. Mwangi, H.H. Shugart, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.004)

Large Area Mapping of Southwestern Forest Crown Cover, Canopy Height, and Biomass Using the NASA Multiangle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer, Mark Chopping, Gretchen G. Moisen, Lihong Su, Andrea Laliberte, Albert Rango, John V. Martonchik, Debra P.C. Peters, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.024)

The Use of Airborne Lidar to Assess Avian Species Diversity, Density, and Occurrence in a Pine/Aspen Forest, Rick Clawges, Kerri Vierling, Lee Vierling, Eric Rowell, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.023)

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Gap Dominance by Low-canopy Lianas Detected Using EO-1 Hyperion and Landsat Thematic Mapper, Jane R. Foster, Philip A. Townsend, Chris E. Zganjar, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.027)

A Systematic Method for 3D Mapping of Mangrove Forests Based on Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Elevation Data, ICEsat/GLAS Waveforms and Field Data: Application to Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia, Marc Simard, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, José Ernesto Mancera-Pineda, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Robert R. Twilley, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.012)

Integrating Landsat TM and SRTM-DEM Derived Variables with Decision Trees for Habitat Classification and Change Detection in Complex Neotropical Environments, Steven E. Sesnie, Paul E. Gessler, Bryan Finegan, Sirpa Thessler, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.025)

Evaluating MODIS Data for Mapping Wildlife Habitat Distribution, Andrés Viña, Scott Bearer, Hemin Zhang, Zhiyun Ouyang, Jianguo Liu, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.012)

Application of Multi-scale Spatial and Spectral Analysis for Predicting Primate Occurrence and Habitat Associations in Kibale National Park, Uganda, Claudia M. Stickler, Jane Southworth, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.013)

Using Satellite Imagery and the K-nearest Neighbors Technique as a Bridge Between Strategic and Management Forest Inventories, Ronald E. McRoberts, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.025)

Using Local Transition Probability Models in Markov Random Fields for Forest Change Detection, Desheng Liu, Kuan Song, John R.G. Townshend, Peng Gong, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.002)

Tracking Oceanic Currents by Singularity Analysis of Microwave Sea Surface Temperature Images, Antonio Turiel, Jordi Solé, Verònica Nieves, Joaquim Ballabrera-Poy, Emilio García-Ladona, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.007)

Evaluation of Multi-sensor Semi-arid Crop Season Parameters Based on NDVI and Rainfall, Molly E. Brown, Kirsten M. de Beurs, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.008)

Mapping Land-cover Modifications Over Large Areas: A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms, John Rogan, Janet Franklin, Doug Stow, Jennifer Miller, Curtis Woodcock, Dar Roberts, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.004 )

Using MERIS Full Resolution Data to Monitor Coastal Waters — A Case Study from Himmerfjärden, a Fjord-like Bay in the Northwestern Baltic Sea, Susanne Kratzer, Carsten Brockmann, Gerald Moore, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.006)

Comparison of Three Satellite Sensors at Three Spatial Scales to Predict Larval Mosquito Presence in Connecticut Wetlands, Heidi E. Brown, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser, Yongtao Guan, Susan Caskey, Durland Fish, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.005)

Seasonal Variation of Columnar Aerosol Optical Properties Over Athens, Greece, Based on MODIS Data, P.G. Kosmopoulos, D.G. Kaskaoutis, P.T. Nastos, H.D. Kambezidis, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.006)

Assessment of Multispectral, -Temporal and -Angular MODIS Data for Tree Cover Mapping in the Tundra–taiga Transition Zone, Janne Heiskanen, Sonja Kivinen, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.002)

Analysis of MODIS Imagery for Detection of Clear Cuts in the Boreal Forest in North-west Russia, Tomáš Bucha, Hans-Jürgen Stibig, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.008)

The Impact of Misregistration on SRTM and DEM Image Differences, Thomas G. Van Niel, Tim R. McVicar, LingTao Li, John C. Gallant, QinKe Yang, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.003)

Analysis of MODIS Imagery for Detection of Clear Cuts in the Boreal Forest in North-west Russia, Tomáš Bucha, Hans-Jürgen Stibig, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.008)

The Impact of Misregistration on SRTM and DEM Image Differences, Thomas G. Van Niel, Tim R. McVicar, LingTao Li, John C. Gallant, QinKe Yang, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.003)

SPOT5-HRS Digital Elevation Models and the Monitoring of Glacier Elevation Changes in North-West Canada and South-East Alaska, Etienne Berthier, Thierry Toutin, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.004)

Optimal Estimation of Sea Surface Temperature from Split-window Observations, C.J. Merchant, P. Le Borgne, A. Marsouin, H. Roquet, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.011)

Using k-nn and Discriminant Analyses to Classify Rain Forest Types in a Landsat TM Image Over Northern Costa Rica, Sirpa Thessler, Steven Sesnie, Zayra S. Ramos Bendaña, Kalle Ruokolainen, Erkki Tomppo, Bryan Finegan, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.015)

A Method for Integrating MODIS and Landsat Data for Systematic Monitoring of Forest Cover and Change in the Congo Basin, Matthew C. Hansen, David P. Roy, Erik Lindquist, Bernard Adusei, Christopher O. Justice, Alice Altstatt, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.012 )

Remote Sensing of Vegetation Water Content from Equivalent Water Thickness Using Satellite Imagery, M. Tugrul Yilmaz, E. Raymond Hunt Jr., Thomas J. Jackson, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.014)

Tree Density Estimation in a Tropical Woodland Ecosystem with Multiangular MISR and MODIS Data, Fernando Sedano, Daniel Gómez, Peng Gong, Gregory S. Biging, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.009)

Some Challenges in Global Land Cover Mapping: An Assessment of Agreement and Accuracy in Existing 1 km Datasets, M. Herold, P. Mayaux, C.E. Woodcock, A. Baccini, C. Schmullius, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.013)

ASTER and Field Observations of the 24 December 2006 Eruption of Bezymianny Volcano, Russia, Adam J. Carter, Olga Girina, Michael S. Ramsey, Yurii V. Demyanchuk, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.001)

Estimating Stand Structural Details Using Nearest Neighbor Analyses to Link Ground Data, Forest Cover Maps, and Landsat Imagery, Valerie LeMay, Jerry Maedel, Nicholas C. Coops, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.007)

Derivation of Melt Pond Coverage on Arctic Sea Ice Using MODIS Observations, Mark A. Tschudi, James A. Maslanik, Donald K. Perovich, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.009)

Distance to Decond Cluster as a Measure of Classification Confidence, Scott W. Mitchell, Tarmo K. Remmel, Ferenc Csillag, Michael A. Wulder, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.006)

Evaluation of the Onset of Green-up in Temperate Deciduous Broadleaf Forests Derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Data, Kamel Soudani, Guerric le Maire, Eric Dufrêne, Christophe François, Nicolas Delpierre, Erwin Ulrich, Sébastien Cecchini, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.004)

Detection Rates of the MODIS Active Fire Product in the United States, Todd J. Hawbaker, Volker C. Radeloff, Alexandra D. Syphard, Zhiliang Zhu, Susan I. Stewart, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.008)

Remote Sensing of Ocean Color: Assessment of the Water-leaving Radiance Bidirectional Effects on the Atmospheric Diffuse Transmittance for SeaWiFS and MODIS Intercomparisons, Howard R. Gordon, Bryan A. Franz, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.010 )

Non-parametric and Parametric Methods Using Satellite Images for Estimating Growing Stock Volume in Alpine and Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Gherardo Chirici, Anna Barbati, Piermaria Corona, Marco Marchetti, Davide Travaglini, Fabio Maselli, Roberta Bertini, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.002)

The Contribution of AMSR-E 18.7 and 10.7 GHz Measurements to Improved Boreal Forest Snow Water Equivalent Retrievals, Chris Derksen, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.001)

Validation of GOES and MODIS Active Fire Detection Products Using ASTER and ETM+ Data, Wilfrid Schroeder, Elaine Prins, Louis Giglio, Ivan Csiszar, Christopher Schmidt, Jeffrey Morisette, Douglas Morton, Remote Sensing of the Environment, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 5, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.005)

MICS-Asia II: Modeling Gaseous Pollutants and Evaluating an Advanced Modeling System Over East Asia, Joshua S. Fu, Carey J. Jang, David G. Streets, Zuopan Li, Roger Kwok, Rokjin Park, Zhiwei Han, Atmospheric Environment, May 2008 (Vol. 42, No. 15, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.07.058)

Attributing Physical and Biological Impacts to Anthropogenic Climate Change, Cynthia Rosenzweig, David Karoly, Marta Vicarelli, Peter Neofotis, Qigang Wu, Gino Casassa, Annette Menzel, Terry L. Root, Nicole Estrella, Bernard Seguin, Piotr Tryjanowski, Chunzhen Liu, Samuel Rawlins & Anton Imeson, Nature, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 453, No. 7193, doi:10.1038/nature06937)

Ion-mediated Nucleation as an Important Global Source of Tropospheric Aerosols, Yu, F., Wang, Z., Luo, G., and Turco, R., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 9, doi:10.1038/nature06937)

Effects of Sea Spray on Tropical Cyclones Simulated under Idealized Conditions, Jeffrey S. Gall, William M. Frank, and Young Kwon, Monthly Weather Review, May 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2183.1)

Steady Magnetospheric Convection Selection Criteria: Implications of Global SuperDARN Convection Measurements, McWilliams, K. A., J. B. Pfeifer, and R. L. McPherron, Geophysical Research Letters, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 35, L09102, doi:10.1029/2008GL033671)

A Study of the 2006 and 2007 Earthquake Sequence of Pisco, Peru, with InSAR and Teleseismic Data, Pritchard, M. E., and E. Fielding, Geophysical Research Letters, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 35, L09308, doi:10.1029/2008GL033374)

Northward Propagation of the Subseasonal Variability Over the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool, Jiang, X., and D. E. Waliser, Geophysical Research Letters, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 35, L09814, doi:10.1029/2008GL033723)

A 2-year Climatology of Polar Low Events Over the Nordic Seas from Satellite Remote Sensing, Blechschmidt, A.-M., Geophysical Research Letters, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 35, L09815, doi:10.1029/2008GL033706)

Assessing the Consistency of AVHRR and MODIS L1B Reflectance for Generating Fundamental Climate Data Records, Cao, C., X. Xiong, A. Wu, and X. Wu, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09114, doi:10.1029/2007JD009363)

Ice Nucleation and Overseeding of Ice in Volcanic Clouds, Durant, A. J., R. A. Shaw, W. I. Rose, Y. Mi, and G. G. J. Ernst, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09206, doi:10.1029/2007JD009064)

Seasonal Variation in Satellite-derived Effects of Aerosols on Clouds in the Arabian Sea, Jones, T. A., and S. A. Christopher, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09207, doi:10.1029/2007JD009118)

Using the GOES Sounder to Monitor Upper Level SO2 from Volcanic Eruptions, Ackerman, S. A., A. J. Schreiner, T. J. Schmit, H. M. Woolf, J. Li, and M. Pavolonis, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 14, 2008 (Vol. 113, D14S11, doi:10.1029/2007JD009622)

Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder ClO Measurements, Santee, M. L., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 14, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S22, doi:10.1029/2007JD008762)

Three-way Comparison Between OMI and PARASOL Cloud Pressure Products, Sneep, M., J. F. de Haan, P. Stammes, P. Wang, C. Vanbauce, J. Joiner, A. P. Vasilkov, and P. F. Levelt, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 14, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S23, doi:10.1029/2007JD008694)

Dust-rainfall Feedbacks in the West African Sahel, Hui, W. J., B. I. Cook, S. Ravi, J. D. Fuentes, and P. D'Odorico, Water Resources Research, May 14, 2008 (Vol. 44, W05202, doi:10.1029/2008WR006885)

Spectrally Resolved Fluxes Derived from Collocated AIRS and CERES Measurements and Their Application in Model Evaluation: Clear Sky Over the Tropical Oceans, Huang, X., W. Yang, N. G. Loeb, and V. Ramaswamy, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09110, doi:10.1029/2007JD009219)

Assessment of Three Dynamical Climate Downscaling Methods Using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, Lo, J. C.-F., Z.-L. Yang, and R. A. Pielke Sr., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09112, doi:10.1029/2007JD009216)

Global AIRS and MOPITT CO Measurements: Validation, Comparison, and Links to Biomass Burning Variations and Carbon Cycle, Yurganov, L. N., W. W. McMillan, A. V. Dzhola, E. I. Grechko, N. B. Jones, and G. R. van der Werf, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09301, doi:10.1029/2007JD009229)

Evaluation of Ozone Total Column Measurements by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument Using a Data Assimilation System, Migliorini, S., R. Brugge, A. O'Neill, M. Dobber, V. Fioletov, P. Levelt, and R. McPeters, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S21, doi:10.1029/2007JD008779)

Impact of Terrestrial Weather on the Upper Atmosphere Fuller-Rowell, T. J., et al., Geophysical Research Letters, May 10, 2008 (Vol. 35, L09808, doi:10.1029/2007GL032911)

Long-term Remote Sensing Database, Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, Arizona, United States, Moran, M. S., C. D. Holifield Collins, D. C. Goodrich, J. Qi, D. T. Shannon, and A. Olsson, Water Resources Research, May 10, 2008 (Vol. 44, W05S10, doi:10.1029/2006WR005689)

Hourly Resolved Cloud Modification Factors in the Ultraviolet, H. Staiger, P. N. den Outer, A. F. Bais, U. Feister, B. Johnsen, and L. Vuilleumier, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 9)

Ozone Profile Retrieval From Limb Scatter Measurements in the HARTLEY Bands: Further Retrieval Details and Profile Comparisons, G. J. Rohen, C. v. Savigny, J. W. Kaiser, E. J. Llewellyn, L. Froidevaux, M. López-Puertas, T. Steck, M. Palm, H. Winkler, M. Sinnhuber, H. Bovensmann, and J. P. Burrows, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 9)

Mangrove Production and Carbon Sinks: A Revision of Global Budget Estimates Bouillon, S., et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB2013, doi:10.1029/2007GB003052)

Nitrogen Isotope and Trace Metal Analyses From the Mingolsheim Core (Germany): Evidence for Redox Variations Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary Quan, T. M., B. van de Schootbrugge, M. P. Field, Y. Rosenthal, and P. G. Falkowski, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB2014, doi:10.1029/2007GB002981)

Regional Terrestrial Water Storage Change and Evapotranspiration from Terrestrial and Atmospheric Water Balance Computations, Yeh, P. J.-F., and J. S. Famiglietti, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09108, doi:10.1029/2007JD009045)

Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS): Large-scale Distributions Over North America During INTEX-NA and Relationship to CO2, Blake, N. J., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09S90, doi:10.1029/2007JD009163)

Global Estimates of Gravity Wave Momentum Flux From High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder Observations, Alexander, M. J., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S18, doi:10.1029/2007JD008807)

Evaluation of the OMI Cloud Pressures Derived From Rotational Raman Scattering by Comparisons with other Satellite Data and Radiative Transfer Simulations, Vasilkov, A., J. Joiner, R. Spurr, P. K. Bhartia, P. Levelt, and G. Stephens, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S19, doi:10.1029/2007JD008689)

Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Stratospheric Ozone Measurements, Froidevaux, L., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S20, doi:10.1029/2007JD008771)

Seasonal and Intraseasonal Surface Chlorophyll-a Variability Along the Northwest African Coast, Lathuilière, C., V. Echevin, and M. Lévy, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 113, C05007, doi:10.1029/2007JC004433)

Magnetospheric Quasi-static Response to the Dynamic Magnetosheath: A THEMIS Case Study, Glassmeier, K.-H., et al., Geophysical Research Letters, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S01, doi:10.1029/2008GL033469)

Crater FTEs: Simulation Results and THEMIS Observations, Sibeck, D. G., M. Kuznetsova, V. Angelopoulos, K.-H. Glaßmeier, and J. P. McFadden, Geophysical Research Letters, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S06, doi:10.1029/2008GL033568)

Global 3-D Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Model for Mercury: Present-day Versus Preindustrial Cycles and Anthropogenic Enrichment Factors for Deposition, Selin, N. E., D. J. Jacob, R. M. Yantosca, S. Strode, L. Jaeglé, and E. M. Sunderland, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB2011, doi:10.1029/2007GB003040)

Radiative Forcing Over the Conterminous United States Due to Contemporary Land Cover Land Use Albedo Change, Barnes, C. A., and D. P. Roy, Geophysical Research Letters, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 35, L09706, doi:10.1029/2008GL033567)

A Physical Model to Estimate Snowfall Over Land Using AMSU-B Observations, Kim, M.-J., J. A. Weinman, W. S. Olson, D.-E. Chang, G. Skofronick-Jackson, and J. R. Wang, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 113, D09201, doi:10.1029/2007JD008589)

Validation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument Nitrogen Dioxide Columns, Celarier, E. A., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S15, doi:10.1029/2007JD008908)

Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Measurements of the Total, Stratospheric, and Tropospheric Column Abundance of Ozone, Osterman, G. B., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S16, doi:10.1029/2007JD008801)

Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Nadir Ozone Profiles Using Ozonesonde Measurements, Nassar, R., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S17, doi:10.1029/2007JD008819)

Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 Methane Profiles From the Upper Troposphere to the Lower Mesosphere, M. De Mazière, C. Vigouroux, P. F. Bernath, P. Baron, T. Blumenstock, C. Boone, C. Brogniez, V. Catoire, M. Coffey, P. Duchatelet, D. Griffith, J. Hannigan, Y. Kasai, I. Kramer, N. Jones, E. Mahieu, G. L. Manney, C. Piccolo, C. Randall, C. Robert, C. Senten, K. Strong, J. Taylor, C. Tétard, K. A. Walker, and S. Wood, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, May 7, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 9)

Evaluation of Near-tropopause Ozone Distributions in the Global Modeling Initiative Combined Stratosphere/Troposphere Model with Ozonesonde Data, D. B. Considine, J. A. Logan, and M. A. Olsen, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, May 6, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 9)

Turbulent Heating and Cross-field Transport Near the Magnetopause From THEMIS, Chaston, C., et al., Geophysical Research Letters, May 6, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S08, doi:10.1029/2008GL033601)

Sensitivity of a Model Projection of Near-surface Permafrost Degradation to Soil Column Depth and Representation of Soil Organic Matter, Lawrence, D. M., A. G. Slater, V. E. Romanovsky, and D. J. Nicolsky, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, May 6, 2008 (Vol. 113, F02011, doi:10.1029/2007JF000883)

Quantitative Morphologic Analysis of Boulder Shape and Surface Texture to Infer Environmental History: A Case Study of Rock Breakdown at the Ephrata Fan, Channeled Scabland, Washington, Ehlmann, B. L., H. A. Viles, and M. C. Bourke, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, May 6, 2008 (Vol. 113, F02012, doi:10.1029/2007JF000872)

A Three-dimensional Variational Data Assimilation Scheme for the Regional Ocean Modeling System: Implementation and Basic Experiments, Li, Z., Y. Chao, J. C. McWilliams, and K. Ide, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, May 3, 2008 (Vol. 113, C05002, doi:10.1029/2006JC004042)

The Decline in Arctic Sea-ice Thickness: Separating the Spatial, Annual, and Interannual Variability in a Quarter Century of Submarine Data, Rothrock, D. A., D. B. Percival, and M. Wensnahan, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, May 3, 2008 (Vol. 113, C05003, doi:10.1029/2007JC004252)

Near-surface Heating on Enceladus and the South Polar Thermal Anomaly, Roberts, J. H., and F. Nimmo, Geophysical Research Letters, May 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L09201, doi:10.1029/2008GL033725)

Intensification of Preexisting Auroral Arc at Substorm Expansion Phase Onset: Wave-like Disruption During the First Tens of Seconds, Liang, J., E. F. Donovan, W. W. Liu, B. Jackel, M. Syrjäsuo, S. B. Mende, H. U. Frey, V. Angelopoulos, and M. Connors, Geophysical Research Letters, May 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S19, doi:10.1029/2008GL033666)

Rapid, Precise, and High-sensitivity Acquisition of Paleomagnetic and Rock-Magnetic Data: Development of a Low-noise Automatic Sample Changing System for Superconducting Rock Magnetometers, Kirschvink, J. L., R. E. Kopp, T. D. Raub, C. T. Baumgartner, and J. W. Holt, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, May 3, 2008 (Vol. 9, Q05Y01, doi:10.1029/2007GC001856)

THEMIS Multi-spacecraft Observations of Magnetosheath Plasma Penetration Deep Into the Dayside Low-latitude Magnetosphere for Northward and Strong By IMF, Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, V. Angelopoulos, J. P. Eastwood, J. McFadden, D. Larson, C. W. Carlson, K.-H. Glassmeier, M. Fujimoto, and J. Raeder, Geophysical Research Letters, May 2, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S11, doi:10.1029/2008GL033661)

A Simple Model for the Cloud Adjacency Effect and the Apparent Bluing of Aerosols Near Clouds, Marshak, A., G. Wen, J. A. Coakley Jr., L. A. Remer, N. G. Loeb, and R. F. Cahalan, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 2, 2008 (Vol. 113, D14S17, doi:10.1029/2007JD009196)

Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Temperature and Geopotential Height Measurements, Schwartz, M. J., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 2, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S11, doi:10.1029/2007JD008783)

Ozone Monitoring Instrument Geolocation Verification, Kroon, M., M. R. Dobber, R. Dirksen, J. P. Veefkind, G. H. J. van den Oord, and P. F. Levelt, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 2, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S12, doi:10.1029/2007JD008821)

OMI Total Ozone Column Validation with Aura-AVE CAFS Observations, Kroon, M., I. Petropavlovskikh, R. Shetter, S. Hall, K. Ullmann, J. P. Veefkind, R. D. McPeters, E. V. Browell, and P. F. Levelt, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 2, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S13, doi:10.1029/2007JD008795)

Validation of the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument Total Column Ozone Product, McPeters, R., M. Kroon, G. Labow, E. Brinksma, D. Balis, I. Petropavlovskikh, J. P. Veefkind, P. K. Bhartia, and P. F. Levelt, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 2, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S14, doi:10.1029/2007JD008802)

Observed Anomalous Upwelling in the Lakshadweep Sea During the Summer Monsoon Season of 2005, Gopalakrishna, V. V., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, May 2, 2008 (Vol. 113, C05001, doi:10.1029/2007JC004240)

First Satellite Observations of Lower Tropospheric Ammonia and Methanol, Beer, R., et al., Geophysical Research Letters, May 1, 2008 (Vol. 35, L09801, doi:10.1029/2008GL033642)

Satellite Measurements of the Clear-sky Greenhouse Effect from Tropospheric Ozone, Helen M. Worden, Kevin W. Bowman, John R. Worden, Annmarie Eldering & Reinhard Beer, Nature – Geoscience, May 2008 (Vol. 1, No. 5, doi:10.1038/ngeo182)

Partitioning of Palladium at High Pressures and Temperatures During Core Formation, K. Righter, M. Humayun & L. Danielson, Nature – Geoscience, May 2008 (Vol. 1, No. 5, doi:10.1038/ngeo180)

Aerosol Trends Over China, 1980–2000, David G. Streets, Carolyne Yu, Ye Wu, Mian Chin, Zongci Zhao, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Guangyu Shi, Atmospheric Research, May 2008 (Vol. 88, No. 2, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.10.016)

A Non-linear Geodetic Data Inversion Using ABIC for Slip Distribution on a Fault with an Unknown Dip Angle, Yukitoshi Fukahata, Tim J. Wright, Geophysical Journal International, May 2008 (Vol. 173, No. 2, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03713.x)

Large-Eddy Simulation of Evaporatively Driven Entrainment in Cloud-Topped Mixed Layers, Takanobu Yamaguchi and David A. Randall, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, May 2008 (Vol. 65, No. 5, doi:10.1175/2007JAS2438.1)

Predictable Components and Singular Vectors, Timothy DelSole and Michael K. Tippett, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, May 2008 (Vol. 65, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007JAS2401.1)

Dynamic Models for the Subgrid-Scale Mixing of Reactants in Atmospheric Turbulent Reacting Flows, Jean-François Vinuesa and Fernando Porté-Agel, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, May 2008 (Vol. 65, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007JAS2392.1)

Dynamics of Intraseasonal Sea Level and Thermocline Variability in the Equatorial Atlantic during 2002–03, Weiqing Han, Peter J. Webster, Jia-Lin Lin, W. T. Liu, Rong Fu, Dongliang Yuan, and Aixue Hu, Journal of Physical Oceanography, May 2008 (Vol. 38, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2008JPO3854.1)

Raindrop Size Distribution Measurements in Tropical Cyclones, Ali Tokay, Paul G. Bashor, Emad Habib, and Takis Kasparis, Monthly Weather Review, May 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2122.1)

The Morphology of Eyewall Lightning Outbreaks in Two Category 5 Hurricanes, K. Squires and S. Businger, Monthly Weather Review, May 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2150.1)

Assimilation of MODIS Cloud Optical Depths in the ECMWF Model, Angela Benedetti and Marta Janisková, Monthly Weather Review, May 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2240.1)

Elevated Cloud and Aerosol Layer Retrievals from Micropulse Lidar Signal Profiles, James R. Campbell, Kenneth Sassen, and Ellsworth J. Welton, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, May 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1034.1)

Light Reflection from Water Waves: Suitable Setup for a Polarimetric Investigation under Controlled Laboratory Conditions, Matteo Ottaviani, Knut Stamnes, Jeff Koskulics, Hans Eide, Steven R. Long, Wenying Su, and Warren Wiscombe, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, May 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1049.1)

Microphysical Retrievals from Dual-Polarization Radar Measurements at X Band, Eugenio Gorgucci, V. Chandrasekar, and Luca Baldini, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, May 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 5, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHA971.1)

Assessment of Cloud Cover Characteristics in Satellite Datasets and Reanalysis Products for Greenland, J. A. Griggs and J. L. Bamber, Journal of Climate, May 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 9, doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI1570.1)

Decadal Sea Level Changes in the 50-Year GECCO Ocean Synthesis, Armin Köhl and Detlef Stammer, Journal of Climate, May 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 9, doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI2081.1)

Impact of ECCO Ocean-State Estimates on the Initialization of Seasonal Climate Forecasts, Gabriel Cazes-Boezio, Dimitris Menemenlis, and Carlos R. Mechoso, Journal of Climate, May 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 9, doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI1574.1)

CLOUDSAT: Adding a New Dimension to a Classical View of Extratropical Cyclones, Derek J. Posselt, Graeme L. Stephens, and Martin Miller, Bulltin of the American Meteorological Society, May 2008 (Vol. 89, No. 5, doi:10.1175/BAMS-89-5-599)

The Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment, Peter T. May, James H. Mather, Geraint Vaughan, Christian Jakob, Greg M. McFarquhar, Keith N. Bower, and Gerald G. Mace, Bulltin of the American Meteorological Society, May 2008 (Vol. 89, No. 5, doi:10.1175/BAMS-89-5-629)

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